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"20 October 1989

MFMORANDUM FOR THE REOURD

SUBJLOP) Mighlighta of Tape-Recorded Gonversation in Mood Retwoen
Rr, Willian b. Pawley and an Unidentified Cuban during
Poriod 17-18 Ootobey

1. On 20 Ostobdup the undersignod and Owen Faust ef VH/3
Uatened to tha play-back of 8 tans, brought to Weshingten from Bard
: and given to Colonel Ning by Mr, Fawley on 19 October, which wae a
: recording of Mr. Pawley's converaationa with two Gubang during the
‘ period 17=18 Osteber, The flrat converastion was with an unldmtifiod
Guban, bollaved to bo 9 mepber of @ group of wealthy anti-CASTHO Cubana,
meubore of whioh have talked to Mr, Pawlay recently shout their
plana for sabotage of the coming oucar harvest ag reported Ln UMIA~32
dated 2 Oatobey. The second Cuban waa AKPACA+], a Cuban journolist
of opsrational intarest to Station Habana, and & sopayato menorandum
19 submitted on that eonversation.

: Tho unidentified Cuben, who had somahat of an accent and
apoke indi atanativ, wos difficult to undorstend. ‘He mentioned o
nosting “with somo of our people who came up from Cuba" to disouse
plans, He said hia group had bean contactod by a repreaentative of
General Jone Elautorio PEDRAZA, leadar nf Cuban revolutionary groups —
in tho Dominican Republic, who wanted to know what action their’ group: =
bed taken and vas told that they had 9 plaw “to atart.saboteze", Tho mo
Cuban said the PSDHA°A representative eaid thatr group (tha PEDRAZA
group) had four provinces organised in Cuba, rentioning Comaguey and:
Santa Claro, and that they had two provinces yet to be organi ted =

L "Habana and Matansas.

- 3. Tho Cuban eaid his group needed twe things ©= morel backing

and xoney; he pointed out that Cubans in Cuda are afraid to start on

- underground movement, and there wag no way to raise funds, atc. Hrs
Pawley gave him no encouragement on the woney angle, saying that even :
if there were Aner!cana willing to rug the risk of. becoming invel ved , : a
in Cuban revolutionary sotivitica by furniahing money for auch 2 :
movement, which he doubted, he felt that at the present time 1t would. :

7 : - do like "putting snoney dam a rat-hole® for the following reasonas - ;

: (2) there ig no unity among the anti-CASTRO groups, and there are at . .

: : least 10 that he knoxp of who ere working absolutely indesenisntly of

‘ | @ne anothers and (2) CASTRO ie. in control of the country and has the

: Guppert of a larre. numer of Cubans, especially the under-privileged,

: Rr, Posley said he felt the Cuban economic situation was worsening

fast and that if it gets bad enough, a large number of Cubana will

turn on CASTRO) Lut until that time cores it would be danzerous to

try to organise o revolutionary ovement.

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i ‘he Hr. Powtey gaked the Cuben if hie group fele they had moral
1 : Support cf the U. 8. ond the Cuben replied that they wented-4. u,
7 moral support but whether they hod St or not, they felt they-vere
; : obliged 10 carry through with their plong. Pr. Pevley aaid ba didn't
: know whet to tell him «= vould hove to think QJbuut it und sea Lf anye
y thing could be dong. Ho aaid, *having deen conmctsd with tha U. 8.
7 H : Gosernzent,-I ean't get involved in revolutionary movanente", Aleo
: : seid he wculd hate to ane the Dowiniaan Government sot involved,
ae : Wiieh wlyht be difficult to aveld with oo many Cuban oxiles there,
: bat scmeented that ho wyisrstood "the Doalniean Government hasn't

_ given then a dime’.

: oo. Marthe Tharpe
} WH/TIT/CARTB

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